Chapter 551 Oblique Cross
The island is not big, only about the size of two or three squares.
There is little vegetation on it and it looks bare.
"Here! Here!"
On the rugged shore, a man in ragged clothes was waving excitedly. His whole body was purple with cold, his lips were bloodless, but his expression was full of hope and expectation.
As the small fishing boat gradually approached, the man's originally weak body seemed to be filled with infinite vitality. He shouted and ran towards the fishing boat.
Even though his bare feet were scratched by gravel on the ground, he was indifferent.
When the fishing boat docked, several young people jumped out of his surprised eyes and came to the stone beach. Although the other party was a little vigilant and guarded, the man didn't care. He stepped forward and said quickly while he still had the strength to speak:
"Please... please, take me back to Qidi Port, I..."
"Don't be impatient. Speak slowly."
Raphael frowned, took a cup of prepared hot water from Lucy, and handed it to the man.
"Thank...thank you!"
The man held the hot water and drank it greedily and quickly.
After taking a few breaths, he calmed down his excitement and then told his story.
It turns out that this guy's name is Teddy, the captain of a small merchant ship, and he usually deals in sea wine and leather. "Sea wine" is a local specialty wine in Qidi Port. It sells well in other places. A commodity with a huge circulation.
However, two days ago, Teddy's merchant ship accidentally encountered a storm in this area. The ship deviated directly from the channel and even overturned. In the end, the ship was destroyed and everyone died... Fortunately, he, the captain, drifted to this small island. The island has been able to survive until now with the few supplies scattered on the shore.
"Can you please take me back to Qidi Port? Although the ship is gone, I still have some savings that can be used as reward... As long as my life is still there, it will be enough!"
Captain Teddy begged.
As he spoke, he was still afraid that a few people would disagree, so he kept groping around on his body, and finally took off a ring on his finger and hurriedly handed it to Raphael.
"This is the only valuable thing I have. I hope you can be kind and take me back..."
Unexpectedly, after Raphael took it, his expression changed drastically.
The ring in his hand is bronze in color, with a square emerald inlaid on it and a diagonal cross logo engraved on it.
His friend Feliciano felt familiar. The ring handed over by Captain Teddy was very similar to the one he got from a beggar some time ago...
If you look closer, you will see that they are exactly the same!
"Damn it!"
Raphael cursed in a low voice, and he suddenly felt that what he was holding was not a ring, but a ignited bomb!
The intense uneasiness prompted him to throw the ring into the sea.
call out!
The emerald ring traced a trajectory, and finally fell to the sea and disappeared without a trace.
"You guys are..."
Captain Teddy looked surprised and puzzled.
But in the next second.
boom! !
A strange creature comparable to the size of a blue whale suddenly rushed out of the sea. Its head looked like a big mouth full of sharp teeth. Other than that, no other features could be seen.
The back, which was covered with deformed scales and fins, was covered with various parasites. When the huge mouth bit, it made a terrifying air explosion sound.
Everyone was shocked.
Raphael's eyes were particularly sharp, and at a glance he saw a light flashing from the corner of the unknown sea monster's mouth.
His pupils shrank.
That was the ring that he had just thrown away!
boom!
There was another loud noise.
The sea monster fell back into the sea, raising high waves, like an explosion.
When the sea calmed down, everyone was still in a state of shock.
"There is something wrong with that ring, it will bring terrible bad luck..."
Raphael looked back and said solemnly.
Everyone was shocked, thinking of Captain Teddy's experience, and then they realized... The reason why this man was shipwrecked was probably because of that ring, right?
"Raphael, why are there two..."
Feliciano on the side couldn't help but ask questions.
But before he finished speaking, Raphael had already pulled him towards the fishing boat and said to the others at the same time:
"Go quickly, it's not safe here."
The expressions of Polaris and others were very solemn. They trusted Raphael and walked away quickly.
The shipwrecked man named Teddy tried to follow, but Raphael turned his head and shouted coldly:
"Don't follow us!"
With a clang, the young man pulled out the delicate stabbing sword from his waist, cut through the air, and aimed it straight at Teddy's throat.
The latter's expression froze and he quickly raised his hands.
"When we return, we will find someone to come and rescue you, but not now... Of course, the premise is that you can survive until then."
Raphael was extremely decisive this time. He did not ask for the opinions of the others, but directly chose to abandon the uncertain factor in front of him on the island.
Ignoring Teddy's pleas, Raphael turned around coldly and quickly returned to the boat. He asked Polaris to pull up the anchor, and immediately drove the fishing boat away.
When the fishing boat left the island, Ahsoka and Feliciano still had unbearable expressions on their faces, but seeing Raphael's decisive attitude, they gave up persuading them.
Feliciano walked up to Raphael and asked in a low voice about the ring, but his friend just shook his head, as if he didn't know much.
"Feliciano, I always have a bad feeling..."
Raphael took a deep breath and stared at the sea ahead.
Beside him, Polaris' eyes suddenly narrowed.
He vaguely saw Raphael and Feliciano standing side by side, and a certain pattern seemed to emerge behind them... like two puzzle pieces that came together to form a slanted cross.
Others gradually noticed this scene. Among them, Qingtian Xiaoyu couldn't help but say:
"Lucky value..."
Halfway through her words, when she realized something, she gestured to the North Star with her eyes frantically. The latter understood instantly and threw out a probe.
Immediately his pupils shrank sharply.
Feliciano's luck value was astonishingly "-50"!
Accompanied by a negative state of "disaster is coming"!
Although Raphael's level was too high for Polaris to see, his intuition told him that this person's situation should be similar to Feliciano's.
"Raphael!"
Polaris called in a deep voice.
The handsome young man with long curly brown hair turned back and frowned, looking confused. Polar Star quickly told what he saw about the diagonal cross pattern behind the two people.
Raphael and Feliciano looked at each other with shock on their faces.
"I understand, it turns out that ring is not the point at all!"
Raphael suddenly gritted his teeth and said.
"It's just a medium, an introduction to the ceremony... All of this was arranged by someone. Although it's a coincidence enough, the traces of man-made design are too obvious, so that Feliciano and I can be marked at the same time! ”
He seemed to understand something, but he began to pace in front of the rudder with a solemn face, lost in thought.
Polaris and others looked at each other, wondering what happened. It wasn't until Feliciano spoke up and told about the unlucky things that happened some time ago, and that he had also obtained an emerald ring, that everyone understood what was going on.
"So someone is deliberately trying to frame you?"
Sunny day and light rain.
"So to speak..."
Raphael stopped, turned around and said.
"But I don't know what his purpose is. If he just wants to kill us, there is no need to expend so much effort."
"Raphael, it looks like we are all going to be in bad luck."
Feliciano smiled bitterly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the fishing boat shook violently.
Bang! !
As if being hit by something, everyone heard a loud noise.
"There is something under the sea attacking the ship!"
Polaris' spiritual intuition received the warning and he said quickly.
Raphael had just taken out a palm-sized wax figure, but before he could activate it, the entire fishing boat capsized completely!
Boom!
The huge sea monster that had just had a "fate" jumped out of the sea, with countless pieces of fishing boats still left in its mouth.
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I don’t know how much time has passed.
Feliciano woke up from a daze. He found that the sky had darkened, and there was firelight and warmth to his left.
Sitting up quickly, he saw Senior Sunny Xiaoyu, Lucy and Ahsoka all gathered around the bonfire. Among them, Ahsoka seemed to be still unconscious and was held in Lucy's arms.
"You're awake, Feliciano."
"What are we...?"
Feliciano asked aloud.
"The ship was sunk by a sea monster, and it was Senior Polaris who finally rescued us..."
Lucy spoke.
She was grilling a bunch of sea fish in her hand, and she reached out and handed it over.
"Let's eat something first. Senior Polaris and Mr. Raphael should be back soon. The two of them went to explore the surroundings."
"Thank you."
Feliciano took the grilled fish and ate it without any image.
Apart from his morning sandwich, he had not eaten today. The grilled fish didn't taste very good, it was quite bland, and there were a lot of thorns, but Feliciano was really hungry and gnawed all the food on hand in three quick strokes.
While eating, he listened to Lucy talk about what happened during this period. It turned out that the place where they were attacked was not far from their destination, which was the desert island where they were now.
After Polaris rescued them one by one, he went to explore the environment with Raphael, trying to get the extraordinary materials as soon as possible.
"Jing Yao, luckily everyone is fine."
Feliciano said a prayer, and then asked with concern:
"But the ship is destroyed, how are we going to get back?"
"Don't worry, we have a solution."
Sunny Xiaoyu gave him a reassuring look, and Feliciano felt relieved. He especially respects and trusts this senior who looks younger than him.
Soon, there was a burst of footsteps.
Everyone turned around and saw two figures walking quickly in the dense coniferous forest of the desert island. It was Polaris and Raphael.
However, the expressions of the two of them were extremely solemn, and Raphael even shouted:
"Let's go! Run along the coastline!"
Feliciano was still in a daze, but Lucy beside her had already picked up Ahsoka on her back and started running wildly.
"Why are you standing there? Let's go!"
Qingtian Xiaoyu grabbed Feliciano's arm, turned around and ran away.
At the last moment, Feliciano only vaguely saw seven or eight tall, stooped figures chasing after Polaris and Raphael.
Under the gradually darkening sky, the figures seemed to be holding a cane in their hands, with a lantern that glowed green hanging from the head of the cane!
Qingtian Xiaoyu also saw it, but in her eyes, they were a group of monsters with dark red names——
[Extraordinary creature "Egg-Hatcher" (family member of the ancient god "Emerald Bird")! 】(End of this chapter)